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Comment by Kasara

It's hard as hell to get, but one awesome mount. You definitely stand out when you're riding this.

Comment by PongoBluetooth

It's a unique-drop mount, so all races can ride it. Same goes for the Swift Razzashi Raptor or Fiery Warhorse. The race-specific rules only apply to the generic mounts for each race.

Comment by LeikaAlleria

This is mostly correct, except for the Winterspring Frostsabers -- while the Trainers are technically a neutral faction, only Alliance are able to get those tigers, which has long been an issue of contention with Horde. Apparently Horde were supposed to get a similar Raptor faction in Un'Goro, but this was never implemented.

Comment by elaethin

Nobody seems to have mentioned so far that this is the same mount as Adam Eternum's Battle-Tiger, clearly a homage/parody of He-Man's Battle Cat. The colours are different, but then I suppose we can't have everything.

Comment by RobinHoof

NOTE!

As of patch 4.0.3 Swift Zulian Tiger and Swift Razzashi Raptor are NO LONGER available to loot.

Comment by Sas148

So far Blizz has only confirmed the Bear mount is going bye-bye. It's important to notice that the bear is a gaurantee, while the Raptor and Tiger are chance drops, and not very good odds to boot. Even 80's storming ZG and wrapping up the mount-drop bosses in 5 minutes doesn't mean they are going to get the mount. As said countless times, raid drop mounts are supposed to be rare and signs of achievement. Something for people to brag about. Riding this tiger is certainly one hell of an achievement. I've only ever seen one person on it. The other day I saw a guild roll up on The Sunwell, and all 25 of them were on a bear. The bear is simply not special anymore, and this tiger mount is about as special as mounts get.

Edit: It's gone xD

Comment by Lucid

Am I the only one who finds it odd that such a renown attention grabbing item which has been in the game since well before Burning Crusade, still has a typo in it?

From Wikipedia : Preist is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Comment by Minxette

A karma stroy some might find interesting...

I was doing my usual one a week attempt to get this mount on my prot paladin. I managed to get the three trolls down (after about 8 mins) and begin work on high priest thekal. I got him to 10% and my 1 year old boy decides to press the reset button on my computer.

I rapidly try to log back in, hoping that I would still be alive. I get in to find my self with 4 tigers on me and I am at 5% health. Lay of hands, back to full, kill the tigers, look around for thekal. Hes on the ground a little way off, whilst disconnected I had apparently been forced punched away from him.

I try to get to his body, only to find the force punch pushed me into the cage wall and I could not escape it. His glittering body is outside of my reach. After trying to escape this position I sigh and regrettably have to unstick myself back to Dalaran. So I hurredly get to Orgrimmar, and begin the journey back to ZG to loot the body. I get to the instance and cant zone in. The reboot of the pc somehow dropped my raid group as well.

Frantically I ask guildies for help to try and get into a raid for 1 minute. Almost all are offline. The rest are either grouped or afk. Then I pst random lowbies in stv. At my 10th lowbie I get a response and thankfully can rezone in. I get to the body, hoping to see that he is still glittering and indeed he is....

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Comment by whitehusky

Nobody seems to have mentioned so far that this is the same mount as Adam Eternum's Battle-Tiger, clearly a homage/parody of He-Man's Battle Cat.

Nobody's mentioned it because it wasn't put there for that purpose. Just because this is a tiger with armor and can be ridden doesn't mean it's a shout-out to something in real life. The Night Elves have been riding around on tiger mounts before Zul'Gurub was put into the game, and they're not homage to Cringer either. This tiger mount is orange with black stripes. Cringer is green with orange stripes. The only animal in game with that kind of coloring is a quest spawn in Felwood.

However, there is an NPC in game that is clearly a shout-out to Cringer. That's the battle cat lying beside Adam Eternum, the Arathi Basin battlemaster, in Shattrath City. Disappointingly, that mount is also orange with black stripes, but I surmise Blizzard did not make it green with orange stripes because players would whine they want to be able to obtain that mount from somewhere in game.

Comment by Chromell

Apparently Blizzard thought that removing Zul'Gurub entirely as an instance would be easier than fixing the typo on this item's description... o well...

Comment by Arsmagna

You just said it yourself. It's very unique because of the color and because this is the only cat a horde can ride sofar. It had an extremely low droprate and was an *enourmous* gasp moment when it dropped for a 20m raid group for both factions.

Then:- Zul'Gurub resettet 1/2 times pr week ( depends how you look at it) - Required 20 raiders which had to /roll or bid dkp- Took 3-4 hours for a clear- Extremely low drop rate

TBC/Wrath- Groups of 2-5 ppl could kill both bosses within 1 hour- Certain classes could solo them in Wrath in 15 min

As a result, the amount of ppl who had these mounts were inflated by alot.

In my Vanilla/TBC time there was 3 who had this mount on my server and boy, did they make an entry where ever they came riding.Now with Cataclysm, Blizzard saw an opportunity to claim Zul'Gurub and make use of the space as an interactive quest hub.

"It's things like this that make me not renew my subscription"Luckely I get way more out of World of Warcraft as you seemingly do.Did you farm it since TBC? Did you farm it during Wrath? If not, then you had your fair share of chance of getting it, quit the sad face.

Comment by EazymodeNep

Blizzard have just announced that the Zul'Gurub and Zul'Aman instances will be making a return in 4.1. For people wondering, the raptor, tiger and bear will be back in new forms - they'll look different from the old models, but no word on how to attain them yet.

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Comment by Worcraft2120

I got this Mount about February last year and i'll tell ya alot of farming was put into a mount that had a 0.70% drop rate took me atleast 200kills! , im glad blizz replaced it with new mounts but these new ones don't even compare to the old ZG mounts.

Comment by Worcraft2120

This is the best Ground Mount I , personally have ever seen , i got it 2 years ago today , but unfortuneatly no Raptor :( , But you defenitly stand out on this sweet ride XD

Comment by narkoza

it only looks bad with blood elf on it

Comment by xDruidx

I wish we could still get this...:(

Comment by Grayswindir

I am not in the Mists beta, but can anyone see if this is going to be on the new Black Market AH? Because if it is...I am spending all my gold to get it - I had been soloing the original ZG for years and it never dropped :-( But when I heard about the Black Market AH - hope flickered in my heart about whether or not one of the two things I always wanted when I got into WoW. 1. Corrupted Ashbringer and 2. was this mount...PLEAASE I HOPE ITS TRUE!

Comment by playtime101

umm.. i actually just saw a guy riding this mount... if they remove it does it mean that you can no longer get it or is it gone complitely?

Comment by napredator

Someone on the forums said they got this from the bag

Comment by Chillyace

Link it so i can see

Comment by dan11219

I remember getting this mount, was a funny story. Back in Wrath an old guild friend asked me to come help him do a 2 man run through ZG, he was a rogue, i was a dwarf hunter. We did the tiger boss, tiger dropped, i won it! Happy days for my first run. I felt bad my friend didnt get it, so we did it again the next week, and Bam, it dropped again, 2 tigers in 2 runs. Best luck ive ever had in Wow. Thinking of comming back to Wow as i havent played since early Cata

Comment by Dragonskunk

The Panda's on this Mount look Really Good.

Comment by Worcraft2120

This mount is the coolest mount i have ever seen and , for all you people out there with this you are extremely lucky , including me.

Comment by Coolycs

As it is no longer avaible i hope they will put it on the BMAH, that would be truly awesome.

Comment by erichw

Worked for so long to get this mount, love the unique look, and as one of the few left on my server with it , I'm proud. Please do not bring in back in the BMAH, as it will lose its luster, keep the crappy rng daily/dungeon mounts there.

Comment by Lexilana

I remember the first time I laid eyes on this creature of beauty.I had to have it as my own, my new Warcraft duty.

"What is that?" I exclaimed. As I zoomed in to get a closer look.I quickly alt tab out, to Wowhead I went, to find out what it took.

My eyes widened and my excitement grew, then reality set in and my heart sank."I'm going to need more DPS, and possibly a tank."

So I gathered my friends, I begged and pleaded.To help with this task, until it was completed.

The weeks went by, each filled with despair.Each Tuesday the same, would this be the one? Will you finally be there?

I'd see you around, in a random Azeroth city...and each time, my depression would grow.Such a rare and exotic creature, your drop rate so low.

Then one morning I was awakened by a horrible sound.Screams and earth shattering everywhere! It was all around!

We watched in horror as Deathwing flew overhead."Nothing will ever be the same. The old Azeroth is dead"

The months went by, my want for you I had to temporarily disregard.Distracted by a world so changed, not a zone left unscarred.

I set out again one day, still determined to make you my own.Unaware of your departure, I headed out for the Zul'Gurub zone.

I was greeted at the gate by an unfamiliar face."Go on in" she said. "It's now an empty place"

I walked through the empty groves, crossed bridges and past familiar walls.The echoes of past battles, every fight I could clearly recall.

I reached the alter, where the prestigious three would wait.Now empty and quiet, I realized I had been too late.

Oh Swift Zulian Tiger, so elusive of me.You were taken too soon from us, in Patch 4.0.3

But this new breed, the Pandaren, could they be the key?With their new lands and Black Market controlled by the NPC?

Only time will tell if you will ever return to our world.But for now we must focus on helping this misty dream-world.

Should the Gods of Azeroth decide to give back what was lostI will keep my promise to you and will save you, at whatever cost.

Edited for Typos -- dont hate me. >.<

Comment by bauerkyle

Funny story how I got this mount actually, it was wrath and my friend asked for my help to down the boss. This was my first time ever going to kill this boss but I was not oblivious to what he wanted and why. The mount dropped of course, and I needed it as he did also. I won and my friend quit WoW forever. Totally worth it!

Comment by rosecrow

I ran the old ZG for this mount around 10 times on both my paladin and hunter. It was the last day before the shattering patch would remove the old raid and I figured 'meh, why not go for one more try'. within hours of the patch hitting I took my paladin and it dropped! Had 0 hope for it dropping too.

I really wish this was still available in some form since I believe everyone deserves at least a shot at it.

Comment by JestrickJ

Does anyone know who got the first ZG Tiger?

Comment by killerfang

when i was in lvl 80, i didn't knew too much from the game ... i saw people with this mount and it was such a beautiful mount and i wanted it .. i discovered that it was a drop in ZG, so i invited a lot of people, including low lvl people ( lower than 80) and went to ZG ... was the first time i was doing it, and dropped the raptor and the tiger, but i couldnt get it because it was on group loot and i lost the roll for the 2 mounts to a low lvl, and now i can never have it ...

Comment by Arkmage

With the Swift Razzashi Raptor raptor being put on the BMAH in the WoD beta, it's very likely this one will be up there as well.

Comment by Jinze

With the Swift Razzashi Raptor showing up on the current WoD Beta Black Market Auction House in Nagrand, there's a good chance this mount will also show up in the coming days.

Edit: Has actually shown up on the Black Market Auction House on beta at this point.

Comment by deadlaserman

Well, looks like it will not be rare anymoe, as WOD coming, Swift Zulian Tiger and Swift Razzashi Raptor will be add to Black market AH , so get rdy with your gold, becuse this mounts will be 999,999 bid caps all the times, i have the tiger since vanila, but dont have raptor, i also hope that they gona add Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal and old pvp mounts, gl to all and start saving gold :)

Comment by thorgrimmage

they should fire the guy who decided it was a good idea to take this mount AND ZG at lvl 60 out of the game...or at lest he should never be allowed to make desicions again about content.